COMMITTEE ON MEMORIALS AND DEDICATIONS  - March 9, 2021
MEETING AT 7:00 PM,
THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD REMOTELY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS' MARCH 12, 2020 ORDER SUSPENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE OPEN MEETING LAW G.L.C. 30A, SECTION 20 AND THE CITY COUNCIL'S VOTE TO WAIVE RULE 21A
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1. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillors Giesta, Abreu, Carney, Gomes, Lima, Morad and Markey, requesting, that the City Council, through its’ Special Committee on Memorials and Dedications, work closely with the New Bedford School Committee and City administration to properly honor and celebrate the life, public service and achievements of the late Mayor Frederick M. Kalisz, Jr., LPD, with specific consideration given to re-dedicating one of the three New Bedford Middle Schools in Mayor Kalisz’s name due to these schools being the first new City school buildings to be successfully constructed in almost 30 years as a result of the unrelenting leadership and guidance of Mayor Kalisz, who charted a course of action with the goal of improving the quality of education for every New Bedford student and succeeded in reaching this goal which now stands as an important part of our City’s history and a remarkable achievement; and whereby it would be a fitting way for New Bedford to honor the life, public service, memory and legacy of its’ leader in that historic endeavor by re-dedicating one of these schools in the name of Frederick M. Kalisz, Jr. (To be Referred to the Special Committee on Memorials and Dedications.) (Ref’d 02/11/2021)

 

INVITEES: Thomas Anderson, Superintendent, New Bedford Public Schools; Mark Champagne, Director, Facilities & Fleet Management; Colleen Dawicki, Vice-Chair, New Bedford School Committee; Jane Gonsalves; Atty. George Leontire; Al Oliveira, Facilities Director, New Bedford Public Schools; Bruce Oliveira, Building Subcommittee Chair, New Bedford School Committee; Representative, Kalisz Family; Representative, Mayor’s Office

 

 

 

 

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